Cultivation of Global Sustainability – One Community Weekly Progress Update #235

One Community is focused on cultivation of global sustainability through sustainable and open source food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. We call this living and creating for The Highest Good of All.

• Here’s our project overview
• Here’s our world-change methodology
  
• Here’s how this becomes self-replicating
• Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the September 24, 2017 edition (#235) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Cultivation of Global Sustainability
One Community Progress Update #235

Here is the bullet-point list of this last week’s design and progress discussed in detail in the video above:

CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @6:08

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @8:51

• Falgun Patel completed his 4th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 51st week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Aravind Vasudevan continued his calculations and research for climate battery component of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)
• Vamsi Pulugurtha continued work on basement heat transfer comparisons for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @10:22

• Continued researching details for our food needs to review the details for the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @10:58

• Began rebuilding the education Evaluation and Evolution open source portal to reflect and be able to access the content created over the last few months in collaboration with Sangam Stanczak (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @11:32

• Invested several more hours developing the animation for our video that will feature where all our collaborators and volunteers are from (see below)
• Made the final changes and additions to the taxes page (see below)
• Continued working on the new and standalone state-by-state resource page for the US Departments of Taxation
• Priti Kothari completed her 6th week helping with the Highest Good Network software (see below)

CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SUMMARY: @12:50

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding the cultivation of global sustainability through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

• • • Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
    • Learn about the different village models: 7 Sustainable Village Models
    • Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

The core team continued Sketchup design for the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). This week we added missing rails, doors and windows to the dining building, and updated the dining area walls with openings for the doors and windows on both floors.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Outdoor Areas of Recycled Materials Village – Click to Visit

The core team also continued working on the complete Tree House Village (Pod 7) village render, which is now approximately 90% complete and shown here as the 25%-smaller bottom version.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Tree House Village Village Render – Click for Page

The core team additionally updated the Compressed Earth Block Village open source hub with new images, descriptions for all the images, formatting, and a new table of contents. You can see examples of the newly updated page and content here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Compressed Earth Block Village Open source Hub – Click for Page

The core team also, with the help of Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.), updated the Communal Eco-shower page, Control and Automation page, and thermostatic mixing valve pages with new water and energy-saving details and strategies. You can see some of this work here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Communal Eco-Shower, Control Automation Pages – Click to Visit

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 8th week with us doing research, running calculations, and creating updated AutoCAD drawings for the Earthbag Village specifics. You can see here some of this work along with the behind-the-scenes editing and revisions questions.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Research – AutoCAD Drawings – Earthbag Village – Click for Page

Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 2nd week working on the Straw Bale Village cost analysis. What you see here are outlines of the HVAC system and the beginnings of costing out the specifics for the residential sections of the village.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Continued Work – Straw Bale Village Cost Analysis – Click to Visit

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 56th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design and render details. This week’s focus was version 2 and 3 of the massage room renders, as seen here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Earth Block Village Design and Render details – Click for Page

Aparna Tandon (Architect) continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 34th week of work, focusing on the final presentation shown here (and live on the site) for the zone 8 and 9 exercise and recreation areas.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Earth Block Village External Elements – Click for Page

Samantha Robinson (3D Designer) completed her 8th week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was designing the railing specifics for the stairway.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Tree House Village Interior Design Structure – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding the cultivation of global sustainability through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

• • • Learn about this building and it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

Falgun Patel (Mechanical Engineer) completed his 4th week continuing to review, run calculations, and update the specifics of the remote-energy setup plan so we can update the Highest Good energy page. This week’s focus, as shown here, was detailed energy-needs calculations for the initial construction equipment, Transition Kitchen, and Ultimate Classroom.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Specifics of Remote-Energy Setup Plan – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 51st week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was testing multiple angles and finalizing the Dining Dome flood light placement, as shown here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Continued Work Lighting Specifics for City Center – Click for Page

Aravind Vasudevan (Mechanical Engineer) continued his calculations and research for climate battery component of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. This week’s focus was creation of the initial presentation structure we’re evolving into the complete design, as shown here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Climate Battery Component of City Center – Click to Visit Page

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also continued work on basement heat transfer comparisons for the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. What you see here is Vamsi’s newest details and conclusions comparing how heat transfers from the basement and boiler room to the outside when built in-ground versus above ground.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Basement Heat Transfer Comparisons – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding the cultivation of global sustainability through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

• • • Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued editing the food pages. We continued researching details for our food needs to review the details for the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan and found 31 additional resources for checking calculations on the Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations page, as you see here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Continued Editing the Food Pages – Click for Food Page

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding the cultivation of global sustainability through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

• • • Learn about the components: Education open source hub
    • Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
      

This week, the core team began rebuilding the education Evaluation and Evolution open source portal to reflect and be able to access the content created over the last few months in collaboration with Sangam Stanczak (Ph.D. and P.E.). You can see some of this work-in-progress here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Rebuilding Education, Evaluation, Evolution Portal – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding the cultivation of global sustainability through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

• • • Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
    • Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
    • Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
    • Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week the core team invested several more hours developing the animation for our video that will feature where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. The focus was developing the image movements and we are now approximately 50% complete.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Graphic Showing Our Collaborators, Volunteers – Click for Team

The core team also made the final changes and additions to the taxes page, bringing it to 100% completion.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Made Final Changes and Completed the Taxes Page – Click to Visit

In addition to this we continued working on the new and standalone state-by-state resource page for the US Departments of Taxation, creating all the text, fixing all the image links on the page, and adding in SEO information. You can see some of this page-in-progress here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Resource Page of US Departments of Taxation – Click to Visit

In addition to this, Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also completed her 6th week helping with the Highest Good Network software. This week’s focus was successfully getting the “D3” software to create the horizontal bar chart in the leaderboard based on the hard coded model data. You can see some of this work here.

Cultivation of Global Sustainability – Continued Work – Highest Good Network Software – Click to Visit

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together thereby Creating a Better World and setting up the Global Conservation Plan.We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more. For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

SUMMARY

One Community sees the issues of the world as interdependent and interconnected. To address them simultaneously, we are open-source blueprinting a more advanced standard of living by designing holistic, environmentally-regenerative, self-sustaining, adaptable solutions for all areas of sustainability and Creating a Better World . We will model these within a comprehensive “village/city” which will be built in the southwestern U.S. This teacher/demonstration hub will be a place people can experience a new way of living and then replicate it with our open source blueprints: creating a model solution that creates additional solution-creating models.